A special hell : institutional life in Alberta's eugenic years /

A special hell : institutional life in Alberta's eugenic years /

Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia Malacrida illuminates the dark history of the treatment of "mentally defective" children and adults at the Michener Centre in Red Deer, Alberta.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malacrida, Claudia, 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tornoto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Michener Centre > History.
Michener Centre
Michener Centre > Histoire.
Michener Centre.
1900-1999
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care > Alberta > Red Deer > History > 20th century.
People with mental disabilities > Education > Alberta > Red Deer > History > 20th century.
People with mental disabilities > Abuse of > Alberta > Red Deer > History > 20th century.
Sterilization (Birth control) > Alberta > Red Deer > History > 20th century.
Disabled Persons > history
Sterilization, Involuntary > history
Eugenics > history
Institutionalization > history
Human Rights Abuses
History, 20th Century
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle > Soins en institutions > Alberta > Red Deer > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle > Éducation > Alberta > Red Deer > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle > Violence envers > Alberta > Red Deer > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Stérilisation (Régulation des naissances) > Alberta > Red Deer > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
People with mental disabilities > Abuse of.
People with mental disabilities > Education.
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care.
Social policy.
Sterilization (Birth control)
Alberta > Social policy.
Alberta
Alberta > Politique sociale.
Alberta.
Alberta > Red Deer.
History.

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